Quote/Reply messages

🌈 Weswy 🔫

• 6/01/2020 00:56

How to best implement this feature?

Most chat/messaging applications have this feature where you can reply to a direct message under a quote.

Often mobile apps will allow you to swipe a certain direction on a selected message which will then automatically quote/reply the message. The alternative for this is to press and hold on a selected message which will prompt the user to perform a number of actions depending on their needs accordingly.

As for the Discord desktop app, when hovering over a message the user will be prompted to react with an emoji. The same method could be implemented where, if the user hovers over a selected message, they will also have the option to reply by a press of a button which will automatically quote/reply the message.

This feature is (in my opinion) essential for an application such as Discord. Being that this platform is predominantly used among a large group of users in one channel. It can often be a struggle to keep track of multiple conversations going all at one time. Yes, there is the ability to create chat-specific channels but it still doesn't help when you @mention a peer and others want to be involved with the specific conversation they're talking about.

This helps reduce confusion as well as streamline messages and conversation between peers. This also gives users the ability to back track on older messages as a reference to the new conversation they start.

So I guess I pose the same question as everyone else who've raised the same topic... when will this be a thing and how soon/late will we expect this feature to be implemented? Will it ever be a thing? Do you think this is an essential feature? What're your thoughts?

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  Dzeno

  • 22/01/2020 17:34

  Personally I think it's the one key feature Discord is missing. After using discord for about a year, it is the one feature I constantly miss.

  I'm an advocate of a reply to message function as it just avoids a lot confusion and hassle.

  I've seen several requests of this already with. Some of those more than 200 upvotes. I'm starting to wonder if maybe it's just very hard to implement in Discord or if developers don't like it.

  Also read this:
  https://support.discordapp.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360030063152/comments/360003840311

  Here are some of the posts or Reddit topics requesting the same thing:
  https://support.discordapp.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360048416512-More-detailed-quote-options- (265+ most recent)
  https://support.discordapp.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360030063152 (hasn't been fully implemented, just markdown, over 13000 votes)
  https://support.discordapp.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360032582852-Two-Functions-Reply-Function-Last-DM-Function (another big one)
  https://support.discordapp.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360043252372-add-the-option-to-respond-to-a-specific-message-on-a-server-more-or-less-similar-to-the-function-that-WhatsApp-has-
  https://www.reddit.com/r/discordapp/comments/6i22mt/can_we_reply_to_a_certain_message/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
  https://support.discordapp.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360055945911-Quote-Reply-messages?flash_digest=08b77e6db96238aaf64ad7bc601d480db66afbf3
  https://support.discordapp.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360036829991-Responding-to-specific-messages

  It would also solve this issue
  https://support.discordapp.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360031743291-Message-Threads (1300+ votes)

  Seems like the linking should be doable as it already exists in developer mode
  https://www.reddit.com/r/discordapp/comments/8zy3r6/link_to_jump_to_a_previous_message_in_any_channel/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

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  aume27

  • 6/02/2020 15:06

  Yes totally approve. Its actually the only thing holding me from making discord my main chat app. 
  Very formatted post, couldn't say it better.

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  SmartManoj

  • 19/04/2020 15:43

  Hit the "..." on the right and press quote

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  Dzeno

  • 19/04/2020 16:02

  @SmartManoj no it's still not, it is a step in the right direction though.
  What they have done is added a button/shortcut for a type of markdown, just like italic, bold, etc. Markdown is not Quoting.
  
  I quote myself:
  Unfortunately markdown is not quoting as many people before me already explained. Problems with markdown, no timestamps, no username, no reference link to message (possible other messages around), and mutability. Mutability is something that people who work with game developers should understand.

  A timestamp is not included, a reference link is not included and mutability is still a big problem.
  A username is semi-implanted but in reality still just a markdown thing where it just adds @Username as text to the bottom of the quote. Which doesn't show who is quoted but actually pings the person. If I quote someone I might not even be addressing them, I might be telling someone else that it was already said. The username needs to be there in a different immutable showing who said/wrote it.
  
  It seems a lot of people do not understand what a true quote means. The current quote, is the same as copy-pasting and adding markdown.

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